Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-17
LOCAL JOTS.

Wind, dust and prospective rain!
Read the Saturday DeMoCRAT and grow
fat.
Judge McKay's Court takes rest to-
day.
Mining stocks are still lively in the
local market.
"Uncle Toms Cabin" at the Theatre
tomorrow evening.
The gas mains are being laid up Main
street between North and South Temple
streets.
Real estate is the best and surest in
vestment that can be made in this city
just now.
Take a good look around Salt Lake to-
day. Notice it again in six months and
see the change.
Don't forget the Loyal League meeting
tonight. Messrs. Bennett and Baskin
will address the audience.
Mrs. M. G. Fox gave another of her
successful parties at her home on South
Temple street last evening.
The case against Hong Kong, the hea-
then accused of burglary, was up in the
Police Court yesterday and went over I'M
til to-day.
Every good Irishman-and a great
many who are not goods seen to-day
with either a green tie or a green ribbon
in his button hole.
G. D. Amos, the lower Main street
butcher, has been laid up for some time
nursing a sprained ankle. He has re-
covered sufficiently to attend to his bust
ness, and will be pleased to see his old
patrons and friends. George is an artist
with the knife and cleaver.
The lathing at the Cullen Hotel is fast
being accomplished by the two we'll
known experts, R. H. Mcconnell and
Alexander Hogan. Yesterday morning
these two men made start, and before
night they had completed over $50
square yards. Their job will not last
long at this rate.
Barratt Bros are engaged in house
cleaning at their immense furniture ware
rooms. Their smiling bookkeeper was
out early with long pole, to which was
attached a sponge, gently moistening the
woodwork, while the Bohemian Giant, 4"
Milt, was kneeling upon the sidewalk
with uplifted arm, doing up new avn
ing.
Yesterday the people on Main street
were startled by seeing little boy drag
ging behind a street car. The little fell
low, bent upon having ride, had seated
himself on the step, and when the door
opened endeavored to drop off, but his
Jacket caught, and he was snaked along
until the shouts of the people on the
sidewalk brought the car to stop.
The grand paper carnival and ball
under the management of the Young
Ladies' General Aid Society, assisted by
some of the most prominent ladies and
gentlemen in the city, will be given in
the Walker Opera House about the mid
die of June. This society, through the
donations of the business men in town
and through the earnest endeavors of its
young lady workers, have brought relief
to nearly forty families during the last
winter, all of which would have suffered
the pangs of cold and hunger.
A fire at the residence of Kate Flint
was detected by the nightwatchman,
Thomas F. Thomas. at about half past
o'clock last night. He Immediately ran
across the street and tried to gain admis-
sion to the house, which he failed in doing
until he gave the dreaded alarm of fire.
With few buckets of water he soon ex-
tinguished the flames. It, seems TO be
the prevailing opinion that the fire was
started by burglar entering the house
through the window, and striking a
match to see his way set the curtains
ablaze. The damages are estimated to
be 5000.
A development of cheek was seen last
evening at one of our leading restaurants.
An ordinarily dressed gent. walked in,
and after eating half that the bill of fare
called for, was about to depart, when a
bill was handed him for IS cents. This
he quietly put into his pocket, reached to
the counter for a tooth-pick and re-
marked al don't appear to have any
money just at present. Will you just fix
me up lunch for my friend outside ?''
The only way for the restaurant keeper
to get even is to capture the fellow and
run an opposition to Roland Reed in the
character of Check"